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jazz Archie Shepp, Melvin Van Peebles and The Heliocentrics in Paris Jazz à la Villette 2015

Jazz à la Villette 2015

Archie Shepp, Melvin Van Peebles and The Heliocentrics in Paris Jazz à la Villette 2015

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In 2014, the stage of the Jazz à La Villette saw The Heliocentrics gather Archie Shepp and Melvin Van Peebles for an avant-garde performance revolving around the human journey and what philiosopher Blaise Pascal called "the eternal silence of these infinite spaces". The British collective, strongly influenced by Sun Ra—as evidenced by their exploration of themes such as the universe and the human existence—accompanies to perfection the profound slam poetry of the legend of Blaxploitation films and Shepp's virtuosic improvised melodic lines.

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Cast

  • Archie Shepp | Tenor/saxophonist
  • Melvin Van Peebles | Rapper
  • The Heliocentrics
  • Adrian Owusu | Guitarist
  • Tom Hodges | Electronics
  • Shabaka Hutchings | Bass-clarinet
  • Ollie Parfitt | Pianist
  • Jessica Lauren | Pianist
  • Jake Ferguson | Bass guitarist
  • Malcolm Catto | Drummer
  • Jack Yglesias | Percussionist

Program

  • The Heliocentrics, Prologue
  • The Heliocentrics, Big Bang Reincarnaton
  • The Heliocentrics, Searching For Signs Of Life
  • The Heliocentrics, Blue Mist
  • The Heliocentrics, The Cavern
  • The Heliocentrics, Transformation Part 1
  • The Heliocentrics, Transformation Part 2
  • The Heliocentrics, Telepathic Routine
  • The Heliocentrics, The Dance
  • The Heliocentrics, Trust The Cosmos
  • The Heliocentrics, Infinite List
  • The Heliocentrics, Epilogue

Details

  • Directed by:
    • Samuel Thiebaut
  • Production date: 2015
  • Duration: 1 h 15 min
  • Production: Oléo Films/Sombrero & Co/Boulevard de la Prod
  • Available version(s): EN, FR
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